Word order with adverbs - Easy Learning Grammar German

This is also true of adverbs in German, but as a general rule they are placed close to the word to which they refer.

Adverbs of time often come first in the sentence, but this is not fixed.

Morgengehen wir ins Theater OR:

Wir gehenmorgenins Theater.

We’re going to the theatre tomorrow.

Adverbs of place can be put at the beginning of a sentence to provide emphasis.

Dorthaben sie Fußball gespielt OR:

Sie habendortFußball gespielt

They played football there.

Adverbs of manner are adverbs which comment on verbs. These are likely to come after the verb to which they refer, but in tenses which are made up of haben or sein + the past participle of the main verb, they come immediately before the past participle.